see everything is closed. the governor ordered a manned tear evacuation from the beach. everybody had to be out by 8p.m. as i came into the area, everyone was leaving. the police were always on the job. they ve been here throughout the day. remarkably as i walked down here, you can see that the power is still on. that s the fascinating thing about this, the power is still on. they ve not been hit so hard. in fact, many people here are saying except for the wind damage as well as perhaps some property damage that may be determined in the morning and even some flooding along the coastal areas, everything else is pretty good. they feel they dodged a major portion of sandy which is expected to make landfall here and did in sussex county. the center hit 65 miles away from us on cape may. i must tell you that w you were talking to governor o malley earlier about maryland, 25 miles away from us. that historic pier we know in
i wasn t frightened. i ve spent summers here my whole life growing up, and i m sort of an amateur storm chaser, i guess you could say. any time there s a big one, i usually like to make it out here and watch. greta: you have a condo. what floor are you on? i m on the second floor. if i was on the first floor ocean front, i probably would have hesitated, but i know nothing s going to happen here. it s the north shore on the second floor. it s a three-story condo. greta: how far did the water come up off the usual beach there? well, you know, the beach is a good 100 or 200 yards deep, and the water came all the way up to the dunes, and you know, maybe 15 or 20 feet up into the dunes. they built them up in years past, and the water did come through the walkways, the beach access points where people walk through, and it pulled down below our building and some of the neighbors buildings, but it didn t breach over the top of the top part. greta: all right. new york, you may have h
ocean city, maryland is wiped out. we re expecting winds all night long. we re going to do what the governor says, telling everybody to hunker down. greta, i have to tell you, the die hards, the beach goers, a couple of blocks down i ran into a couple that decided they were going to hunker down and stay here throughout the night. they were not afraid of storm. they felt they were following all the rules. they did not evacuate. heathey re here, safe and sound, happy to be talking today. we saw another person walking his dog along the beach before we came to you live about an hour ago, so that s the way it is here tonight. we re going to be giving you all of the updates as they develop. we ll talk to you about the shelters, a lot of shelters now open. shelters are even allowing their animals to be brought in because people were actually staying home because they think that the shelters did not have their animals, so that s really a good thing that the shelters have done here. they re all
greta: dave, don t go away. i want to ask you. have you heard from any colleagues down in cape may, new jersey because cape may, new jersey is all those big homes that are beautiful historic homes along that beach. have you heard anything? reporter: we have. in fact, our jeff coal from fox 29 here in philadelphia has been down there all day at congress hall. you may be familiar with that. that s a big hotel right off the beach there. lots of flooding down there also, and in the back bay area some of those big homes along the bay area suffered some damage, i m sure, from water. the winds have been somewhere between 50 and 80 miles per hour all day long. got up as high as around 90 around 6:00 tonight when the storm set in. i ve not seen enough damage or been able to move around to see the damage to those homes because there s a lot of water in the streets. can t drive the trucks down through those areas. a lot of folks rescued earlier today. i believe here in atlantic city they had
greta: tonight flood waters are literally raging through coastal towns in delaware. parts of rehoboth beach are underwater. that s where kelly wright is. reporter: you can see the sign there, warning you about rip currents, breaking the grip of the rip. i should not be out here according to the safety rules but the governor saw fit that we could be here to report to you what s going on on this wonderful beach. the governor has said this is a time for hunkering down and staying put, and that makes good sense because we re expecting heavy coastal winds as well as some more flooding. you can look out and see the surf. it s still very angry, still churning up because of sandy s scorn. you have to describe sandy as being a sinister kind of storm, causing deaths along the east coast. fortunately nothing has happened here, but if you take a look down at the boardwalk, you cab n